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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-27
How Gold May Grow.

Mr.. Daintree found by experiment
that if speck of gold were placed in a
solution of the chloride the gold would
gradually grow into a small grain on
any piece of wood or cork introduced
into the liquid. In other words, the
metal contained in the chloride would
come out from its combination as ma
tive gold and unite with the tiny speck
of pure metal which served it as a
nucleus. 1t is not improbable that the
gold in quartz got similarly deposited
round common center, so that in the
most literal sense it may perhaps be
true Gn spite of Aristotle's dogmatic
statement to the contrary that money
grows, though very slowly. 1t is a
pleasant thought, indeed, for the poor
man to know that gold is even now
still growing. Mr.. Brough Smyth has
shown that it can be deposited nova
days in appreciable quantities within
comparatively short periods.
Bits of mineralized timber and
beams from the galleries of the older
workings in Australian mines have
been found to exhibit. under the mi
croscope, particles of gold, intermixed
with crystals of iron pyrites, all
through the central parts of the wood.
and this gold must, of course, have
gathered there from solution in water
during the few years that have elapsed
since the first discovery of the precious
metal in Australia. Mr.. Uhrich SINH
larly notes that in the gold drifts
auriferous pyrites is often found in
crusting OF replacing roots and twigs,
and samples of such gold-bearing
wood, when submittedvto an assay, have
yielded amounts of the pure metal vary
ing from few pennyweights to sew
eral ounces per ton. Mr. H. A. Thom-
son further mentions a specimen of
pyrites which had gathered in the CEN
ter of an old tree-trunk, and which
yielded at the rate of as much as thirty
ounces The CornhiU Magazine.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-27
The Granger and Hls ruro.


The other day a man got aboard Of
q train on the Detroit and Lansing
Road accompanied by his dog. and in
due course of time the baggageman
walked back into the ear and said:
mister, that dog must go into the
baggage car"
II guess not
but guess he will. No dogs are
allowed to ride in passenger cars"
"Well, wen wait and hear what the
conductor says. He is a friend Of
mine, and if he says the dog can't ride
here that will settle it."
1t was half an hour later before the
conductor, accompanied by the bag
gageman, got around TO the man.
THAT dog must come out o hereW
announced the conductor.
"For why? He isn't hurting any
body"
Because no dogs are allowed in the
cars"
"And if l don't take him to the bag
gage ear you'll"
"Put him off.
''If you put him off," replied the
man, after taking a look from the
window, 81 shall go with him. My dog
is just as good as am"
"Will you take the dog forwardp
mo, sir"
The train was stopped and the dog
led out and pushed off the platform.
care you going, too?" queried the
conductor, with his hand on the bell
rope.
"Yes, guess l will. l live in that
farmhouse over there, and if go on
to Howell, where | bought my ticket
to, I'll have to walk four miles back.
Much obleeged to you conductor. l
just kind o figgered to have the dog
put off at about the right spot"'-Dc-
tr0H Free Press.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-27
Knew All About Peter.

1t was at Sunday-school exhibition,
and the Superintendent was showing
off the results of his labors. During
the exercises he asked the children
who could tell him anything about
Peter. No one answered. The ques-
ton was repeated several times, till
finally little girl held up her hand
"Well, my dear" said the Superin.
tendent, that's right. am glad to
see there is one little girl who will put
these larger boys and girls to shame
The little girl came forward to the
platform and was told to tell the audi
ence what she knew of Peter.
She put her finger i'll her mouth, and,
looking very smiling, said:
.'Petcr, Peter, pumpkin eater,
Had u wife and couldn't keep her:
Put her in pumpkin shell,
And there he kept her very WELL"
Amid the roar shat followed she hur.
ried gailv TO her seat.--Our Dumb As.-
iaais .b am
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-27

A mud turtle with 1920" burned on
its back was recently caught in Horse
creek, Madison county.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-27
Renews Her Youth.

Mrs. Phoebe Chesley, Peterson, Clay
Co., Iowa, tells the following remarka-
BILE story, the truth of which is vOuched
for by the residents of the town: II
am 73 years old, have been troubled
with kidney complaint and lameness
for many years; could not dress myself
without help. Now I am free from all
pain and soreness and am able to do
all my own housework. l owe my
thanks to Electric Bitters for having
renewed my youth, and removed COM
pletely all disease and pain" Try a
bottle, SOC. and 81, at d. J. Humph-
rey's Drug Store.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-27

When young man asks a young
woman what piece of music she likes
best, and she confesses, with a shy
blush, that she has fond preference for
Mendelssohn's wedding March," it
is time for that young man to do some
thing that will make him sorry that he
hadn't done it long before.-Journal of
Education.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-27

Small boy--Why do the sailors wear
those thin canvas shoes? Intelligent
father-O, they are from an American
man-of-warH my son. Small boy
What has that to do with it? Intelli-
gent father-They are afraid if they
wear thick boots that they'll kick
hole in the side of the navy when they
climb up the ladder to so on board
San FLGHciSCJ Post.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-27
r. TT e e
TEACHERS

The Board of School Examiners Of Henry count
'.io. will hold meetings for the examination OF ap
'icants for teachers certificates as follows:
In Basement of Court House in No
,nlcon, Ohio, on the list and Sd satur
lays in March and the 1st and Sd Sat
urdays in April and May, the 1st Sat
urday in June, July and August, the
ist and sd Saturdays i'm September
and the list and Sd Sat urdays in Octo'
Der, the 1st and Sd Saturdays in No
vember, and the list Saturdays in De
cember, January and February.
Evidence Of good moral character will be required
Of all candidates. That evidence to bes personal
knowledge Of the Examiners concerning the appli.
cant, or certificates Of good moral character from
some reliable source.
Ahs. 4 :, sSSEakss4.ssD, S$!Hsk s..a;s r..nln.r''
Feba0-7e.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-10-27
10 m ooTTlHuBD.

Never defer until tomorrow what
should be attended to to-day. A slight
cough shouldn't be neglected when DR..
BulI's Cough Syrup will cure 1t.
The readers of our publication are re-
auested 10 use Salvation Oil for any
and all pains. 1t is sure cure and costs
only 25 cents. 5a
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15
xElXTH CONGRESS.

IN the Senate on the 18th Mr.. Cullonl oily
made appropriate remarks concerning Senator
Logan. deceased, at the conclusion Of which the
Senate adjourned as a mark Of respect In
the House communication from Hon. A. S.
Hewitt was read announcing that he had for
warded his resignation to the Governor of n ew
York Adjourned in respect to the memory OF
Senator Logan, after feeling remarks by Con
.ressman Thomas.
IN the Senate on the 5th a number OF papers
on various subjects were presented by the pre-
siding officer. A bill was reported and lald over
granting pension of $1,000 a year to the widow
of General John A. Logan. Resolutions We're
offered calling for information; one, as to the
Indebtedness of the Pacific railroad companies,
creating a lively discussion. The conference
report on the Interstate Commerce bill was
taken up...In the House the bill for perma-
nent improvement of the Erie ana Os"ego ca
nails was called up and debated. The Indian
Appropriation bill was passed, as was also the
Military Academy Appropriation bill
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

RESOLUTIONS were adopted by the New
York Chamber OF Commerce, on the 9th,
favoring the immediate passage of S. S.
Cox's bill for the appropriation of $50, 000,-
900 for coast defense.
AT Rensselaer,, Ind, on the 9th, during
the absence OF Mrs. Charles Burnes
from her home, q young daughter took
Goals of fire from the stove and placed
them in cradle in which Mrs. Burnes'
babe was sleeping. The babe was burned
to death and the elder child fatally III
jured.
THE First National Bank of Spe %,
Tenn, has been chartered, with a capital
of $50, 900. w. N. Cameron is president
and j. N. Walling cashier.
CONGRESSMAN W. S. Holman reached
indianapolis, Ind, on the 9Th, and made
formal announcement of his intention to
enter the race for the Democratic sem
atorial nomination.
TIE Alabama Insurance Company and
the Citizens Insurance Company of Mobile,
on the 9th, made general assignment.
THE Senate passed a bill to pay the
widow of Gen. Logan an annual pension
of $1,000, on the ground that he was wounC-
ed during the war and contracted on thu
field Of battle the disease that killed him.
THE wage question at the Edgar ThomI.
son Steel Works, of Pittsburg, was finally
settled on the 9th by the arbitration COM
mittee. The new scale advances wages
on general average Of 10 per cent. These
works employ over $500 men.
THE Adams Express robbers, Frederick
Witrock, w. W. Haight and Thomas Wea-
yer, were placed in the Missouri peniten-
tiary on the 9th.
FINS COVER, d bright, handsome boy
of IS, was arrested at Lawrenceburg,
Tenn, on the 18th, charged with robbing
the mails. He is The second cousin of
Frank and JESSE James, his grandmother
and the mother OF the James brothers be-
ing sisters.
AT Nashville, Tenn, ON the 7th, Scott
Picker, aged 10 years, shot and instantly
killed Chester Dodd, aged 10 years.
The Senate on the It'll passed bill ap-
| propriating $4,000 for the widow and
daughter of Erskine S. Ain, the inventor
| of the Springfield breech-loading rifle mus
ket, in compensation for the use of the in
vention by the government.
A NEW paper, to be called the Constitu-
ton, will soon be started at Birmingham,
Ala, by II. w. Grady, of the Atlanta C5n-
| stitution.
The vatican is debating whether the
Knights of Labor Of America is a proper
organization for Catholics to join.
| IT is officially stated that 405 persons
were burned to death in the incendiarv
fire which destroyed the reserved Enclosure
in the Peoples Park last week at ~ dras.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15
OLEOMARGARsNE.
Effect of the Decision That the state 0leo~
margarine Law of Pennsylvania is Con-
stitIltinn2l

Effect of the Decision That the state Oleo~
margarine Law of Pennsylvania is Con-
stitutional.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Jan. 6.-The decision
of the State Supreme Court that the law
prohibiting the sale and manufacture OF
oleomargarine is constitutional, has
created great surprise among firms hand
ling the article in this city The eight
wholesale firms who had already taken
out the sem-annual &240-liccnsc, lnmedi-
ately discontinued the sale OF oleomar
garine.
Mr.. S. J. McCombs, Armour g. Co.'S
agent in this city. in an interview Yester-
day. said that the oleomargarlne trade OF
Western Pennsylvania amounted y s.
coo, 900 annually and that the decisloa rem
ders useless the two factories in thb city
owned by Robinson q Co, and the Pitts,
burgh Melting Company both OF Fhlch
have closed down and discharged Rhelr'
employees An appeal viii probably Y taxi
en- to the United States Supreme GOVT. lt
is predicted that the price for the day ar
tice will soon be advanced to tittyfentss
per pound.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

THE Michigan Legislature convened on
the 18Th with a full attendance. The Re
publican caucus nominees were elected,
Chas. J. Monroe becoming president pro
TEN of the Senate and ID. W. Mackey,
Speaker of the House. Contest of two
seats in the II louise of Representatives
were announced.
TIE General Assem- oly Of Co dorado con
vencd on the 5th. 7. B. Stewart was elect
ed Speaker of the House, and Hon. Geo
NJ. Chilcott president of the Senate.
BEFORE the Minnesota Legislature, in
Joint session, on the 9Th, Governor HUB
bard delivered his farewell address, re-
viewing the remarkable growth in popula-
sion and wealth of the State during the
five years he has held the off ce. The III
auguration Of Governor McGill followed
OVER six hundred leathermen, en-
ploved in various tannerics in Newark, n
J.. struck on the 5th in obedience to the
orders of the Knights Of Labor The
strike is more for an equalization Of wages
than for an advance.
THE news of the nomination of W llllam
NJ. Stewart BY the Nevada Legislature to
succeed Mr. Fair in the United States
Senate, caused some surprise at the Ma
tional Capital, but was generally received
with expressions Of favor.
A CLOSE friend of Dr. McGlynn says that
he is informed by letter from Rome that
as a solution of the McGlynn matter,
which attracts unprecedented interest III
church circles there, the doctor will pro ba-
bly, be offered the presidency OF the
American College in Rome.
AMONG the petitions and memorials pre-
scented to the United States S1-2to on the
5th were quite numbC" praying for an
| appropriation. and il some cases asking
| the definite sum Of 500, to enable colored
| citizens to emigrate to Liberia.
THE President has approved the new
rules which were submitted to him by the
| Ciyil-Service Commis5i Olcrs, under which
| clerks of all the lower grades in the New
| York custom house will be eligible to
competition for promotion to the higher
| grades.
| In the National House of Representa-
| tives, on the 18th, Mr.. Hatch, of Missouri,
| filed a petition from the Grand Lodge OF
the Independent Order Of Good Templars
of Missouri asking for a favorable CON
sderation and early passage of the Senate
bill granting to the people of the District
| of Columbia the right to determine by
| ballot whether Intoxicating liquors may
| hereafter be legally manufactured and
| sold in said District or not.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15
A PRiNCELY GIFT, I
And One That Will Give Dissatisia'fle1rs
No Opportunity to Quarrel or gibbie

And One That Will Give Dissatisfia'fleirs
No Opportunity to Quarrel or = ibbie
Over.
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. cat the mfthlS
and annual meeting Of the + male
Benevolent Society yesterday attdnoon
Mr.. VIM G. Deshlor, millionaire nnkel
of this city, presented them with tnech
for 100000. The amount is to be dflcat1
ed to the society the fund to be knofn "
the Betsey Greene-Deshler fund.- lhe
principal is to be kept intact and nNsteoj
in government or State bonds. he III
come is to be paid to the treasurer " the
society, except $500 per year, Whica Is "
be kept out for expenses, and uncn
1907 three-fourths OF ohe-haii
of the income is to gel
direct to the society and cnc-fCurth 70 .ne
Hannah Neil Mission. The other Eall u
the income up to the year ,aentloilea 10 W
be invested with the principal ffohl2
1907 to 1927 four-ffths Of the income soel
to the society and one-ffth 20 the Hahha
Neil Mission. At that time it is anttcipas
ed the principal will have doubled ltseLl
and will be allowed to grow no larger, ata
the entire income is TO be given hge-9l1 VI
to the society and o1e-sixth to th1 Ai,'
sion
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15
A TERRIBLE CRIME.


The Murdered and INITIATED gemains OF
George 4. Goldman, of So,ncrvilln. Mass,
Found Along the Eoad>ih" >ear E-exing.
ton-Kobbery the Apparent Motive.
BOsTON, Jan. G.-L. Brooks . Llnc0lnS
farmer, while riding toward Lexington
early yesterday morning, discovered in
the snow about two rods DuTpnd the stone
wall at the side of the road, the detached
head Of man, It's shock OF hair matted
with blood. 1t mad apparently been
chopped OF with Il @UIl axe. lie features
We're contracted, as Ii lno man had SUI
Tered agony. just above ana pehind the
lett ear were several deep E"aueS TWO or
three inches long. mo mar Was snort 'hlch
ana Drown; the 1oiehe"d low; tie nose
small ana complexion m@"!@m' y lew
leet away lay h&Fc arm SH.@L. D''V mus
GUAR severed al Tue S;o.'."aE, ne mana
appeared TO be 1i"l OF p-"chSlilith.
jumping INTO his pun@. MT. hT"0Hs drove
rapidly 70 Lexington ann ho.-iled tile au-
tho1tes or MS discovery. "hl'n co"laflas
tne sGSplcioh' aroused ~ inc Hn"im9 VI Vle
nloooy clothii@ III '-eAlh25" lo'9"as-
lhdt horfio.e hl"Foef I-'''t 'ceh col'l.
lhltteu IN inc 'Il'h''S'
On receipt OF the information reporter 9!he!.
found ID near the arm a os"o4-bessneared
piece OF the Ere"i"g i"ro''l Of December
3, which corresponds in date and appear
ance to bloody piece Of the same paper
which was picked up EeStrfo2E near the
bundle OF clothng Inc I'5'f was SO
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

THE Second Comptroller has decided tina t
an enlisted soldier discharged before the
expiration of his term, because of disa-
bility resulting from sunstroke, is emit
tied to bounty the same as if the disability
was the result of a wound.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

THE French Academy has resolved to pc
tition the government to revoke the de-
cree expelling the Due d'Aumale, on the
ground that he proved his patriotism by
his gift to France of the Chantilly estates.
A favorable reply is expected.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

REPORTS from Gloucester, Mass, show
that during the past year 26 vessels with
atotal tonnage of 175, 1876, valued at sl52,-
3O0aad insured for Sl19,231 sailing from
that port have been lost, together with l37
human lives.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

A WASHINGTON dispatch states that
Representative Farquhar, on the part of
the Printers Union, is opposing the con-
firmation Of Public Printer Benedict, and
that the opposition is based entirely upon
the ground that Mr.. Benedict is not a
practical printer.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

COMMISSIONER CoLMAN vigorously pro-
tests against a violation by the Illinois
Live Stock Commission Of the rules relat-
ing to pIeuro-pneumonia
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

THE December fire loss in the United
States and Canada is estimated at ST.,
100000, and the loss during 1886 at $780,
100000. This is largely in excess of
previous figures, both as regards the
month of December and the year just
ended
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

THE new year begun in orthodox winter
style, news from all over the country in
dicating biting billiards or severe snow
storms. Calling was attended with more
or less discomfort wherever INDUCED in.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

IRISH landlords are endeavoring to bring
their tenants into the bankruptcy court III
order to make them disclose the names or
trustees to whom they paid rents.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

A NUMBER of officers connected with the
scientific bureau at Washington drank
Mexican mescal on the night Of the 31st
ult., for an experiment. 1t was thought
they would be able to appear at their Off
ces by the 4th inst, if they suffered no re-
laSse.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

The opinion seems to be gaining ground,
especially in England, that the outcome OF
the Bulgarian complications will be the
ultimate restoration of Alexander to the
throne under European guarantees.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

VIM Fl. RICHARDSON, Editor of the Peo-
pies Voice, at ToWson, Nd, has been fined
$500 and sentenced to two years IN the
penitentiary for ibeling' circuit Judge
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

NEARLY three hundred natives lost
their lives by the burning of the re-
served Enclosure of the Peoples Park at
Madras, India, on the 31st.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Complied from Various Sources.

THE Indiana Supreme Court decided that
Green Smith, Democratic claimant to the
acknowledgements had no standing
in court.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

THE shipping statistics of the port of
Liverpool for 1886 show decrease OF 10o,-
900 tons. The coastwise trade shows an
increase. the falling off being in the for
eigu trade
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

THE trust fund for the widow of General
Logan had reached $4,000 up to the even
ing of 1st, and ON that day Mrs. Logan
also received from VIM. P. Nixon, mana ger
of the Chicago Ister-Ocean, checks aggre-
eating $500 as as New Years gift from
friends in Chicago
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION COLE
MAN of Missouri declares himself I'M
equivocally opposed TO teaching any Ian
guage but English in the common country
schools.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

TELEeRAMs from Buenos Ayres, of the
Sd, announced that during the preceding
twenty-four hours ffty-six new cases of
cholera and twenty deaths occurred. Dur
ing the last month, 100 cases and 352 deaths
Were reported. In Mendoza, during the
twenty-four hours there were forty-three
cases and twenty three deaths.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

THE customs receipts for December
Were sl6,331,S 79, or about s2,o0o,ooo more
than in December, 1885, internal revenue
receipts were 50, 543,S45, about $4,000 less
than in December, 1885. Government ex-
penditures during December were SIS, 49,
ia, or about s3,500,0o0 more than in De-
cember, 1885
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

The President managed to go through
the three hours ordeal of receiving New
Years callers, but it proved rather pain
full task for him, and was in direct viola
ton Of his physicians orders.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

THE removal of the snow which fell in
the late storm in Germany has revealed
an appalling loss of life. Many travellers
were overtaken by the storm. Fifty
bodies have been found in Saxony, thirty
in Thuringia and forty in Southern Ger
many. 1t is estimated that the total loss
of life will be nearly two hundred.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

THE President has approved the bills to
extend the free-delivery system of the
Post-Office Department and modify the
postal money order system: also the act
providing for public building at Spring
field, Mass, and the act for the relief of
the survivors and relatives of the victims
of the Jeanette Arctic expedition.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-01-15

THE Railaeay Age says that in the year
just closed SOLO miles of new main line
railroad track have been built in the
United States. Kansas leads with the
surprising amount of $40 miles, the great
er part laid within the last six months.
Assuming the average cost TO have been
but $40, GOO per mile, the expenditure for
roadway alone was $3.50, 100000. 1ndica-
lions are t:lat the year 1887 will show even
greater activity.
The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-05-05

Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, ILL.,, says
trio Bitters. feel it my duty to let suffering
humanity know it. Have had a running sore
on nv leg for eight years :my doctors told me
| would have to have the bone escaped or leg
amputated. | used. instead, three bottles OF
Electric Bitters and seven boxes Bucklen's Ar
MICA SaIye and my leg is now sound and well. -
Electric Btters are sold at fifty cents bottle,
and Bucklen's Arnica Salve at 2oc per boN by
v. o. Thompson. 49, .s9?z